halabar wrote:Umm... we are talking uproar and outrage over not being able to sue the maker of a game box, right?.. Sure, they are bastards, but it is a game box..

Contract lawyers probably don't see it (the SC decision and it's results, that is) that way. And I'm not sure I can disagree with the idea.

-- edited to add: actually, all I've seen discussed on legal blogs, law school class sites, etc. is that the SC decision only related to arbitration clauses (i.e. sounds like you can go to arbitration but not sue for damages if the contract so states), so I wonder how much comes down to a writer's interpretation vs actual legal interpretation. I assume this is mainly people getting pissed about the fact that they think they may have no or little recourse if the Red Circle of Doom happens again.

The SCOTUS just gave their ruling today on an antitrust/arbitration issueThe Supreme Court didn't. The Court's opinion, written by Justice Scalia on behalf of the conservative justices (Sotomayor recused), argues that the agreement between the parties is more important even than any other consideration. The majority argued, in short, the contract is the most important consideration.

Again it is a case of a contract specifying arbitration. Further, both these rulings pertain to contracts between professional entities, rather than seller v. consumer.It also has the further pespective that the court must consider, being that, extending these rulings to an agreement (it is not a 'contract' as in the other two cases) would lower the rights of consumers in the US for the same issue that would be actionable by the rest of the world.

There is far greater jeopardy involved in not getting a university place in China than there is in the UK and US. Far more competition for places and a lot greater difference in future career outcomes and earning prospects. I can certainly understand why there is so much tension involved in the process.

Amusing myself at the moment. Nearly wet myself when they announced Megaman in the next Smash Bros game. Been a fan since I was able to rent the second game at the local video store back in the early 90's and this is quite possibly the only reason I have to get a WiiU. I finally got off my butt and did this a little earlier tonight;

Slightly morbid, but for the life of me I cannot fathom how fast must people drive on I-35 then lose control and crash against the contention walls... specially judging by some of the skidmarks I see going across 3 lanes and heading straight into the wall.

Klaudandus wrote:Slightly morbid, but for the life of me I cannot fathom how fast must people drive on I-35 then lose control and crash against the contention walls... specially judging by some of the skidmarks I see going across 3 lanes and heading straight into the wall.

Lakeshore Drive in Chicago, right near Navy Pier has a curve that sounds like the same thing. Seriously: the concrete walls are probably covered in more rubber and paint than a nascar crash-wall. I'm not sure when the lights went in near there, but from anecdote: about 10 years ago a friend could hear an accident occur in that area from their nearby office nearly every day.

theckhd wrote:Fuck no, we've seen what you do to guilds. Just imagine what you could do to an entire country. Just visiting the US might be enough to make the southern states try to secede again.

halabar wrote:Noo.. you don't realize the problem. Worldie was to negative guild breaking energy like Bolvar is to the Scourge. If Worldie is removed, than someone must pick up that mantle, otherwise that negative guild breaking energy will run rampant, destroying all the servers.

Klaudandus wrote:Slightly morbid, but for the life of me I cannot fathom how fast must people drive on I-35 then lose control and crash against the contention walls... specially judging by some of the skidmarks I see going across 3 lanes and heading straight into the wall.

Lakeshore Drive in Chicago, right near Navy Pier has a curve that sounds like the same thing. Seriously: the concrete walls are probably covered in more rubber and paint than a nascar crash-wall. I'm not sure when the lights went in near there, but from anecdote: about 10 years ago a friend could hear an accident occur in that area from their nearby office nearly every day.

theckhd wrote:Fuck no, we've seen what you do to guilds. Just imagine what you could do to an entire country. Just visiting the US might be enough to make the southern states try to secede again.

halabar wrote:Noo.. you don't realize the problem. Worldie was to negative guild breaking energy like Bolvar is to the Scourge. If Worldie is removed, than someone must pick up that mantle, otherwise that negative guild breaking energy will run rampant, destroying all the servers.